Sunday, June 24, 2007

Dear Comrades! The circular of NFPE on Recognition of Federation is reproduced below. -- C.C.PillaiSecretary General NFPE

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National Federation of Postal Employees

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No.PF-1 (e)/2006 Dated: 29th May, 2007

CIRCULAR

All General Secretaries

All Office Bearers of NFPE and

All Circle / Divisional / Branch Secretaries of all affiliates of NFPE.

Recognition of Federations in the Central Government Departments

Dear Comrades,

The Central Government has issued guidelines vide DOP&T No. 2/14/98-JCA dated 3 rd July 2002 for recognition of Federations . The Central Civil Services (Recognitions of Service Associations) Rules-1993 coves all Central Government Employees to whom the CCS (Conduct) Rules 1964 apply. The approval of recognition to the Federation would be accorded only with the federating unions / Associations recognized under CCS (RSA) Rules-1993. It was clarified by the DOP&T and Department of Posts that the Unions recognized under CCS (RSA) Rules-1993 are only eligible for affiliation. Unions recognized under different rules in the Department of Posts are not eligible to be federated with the Federation.

However the, the National Federation of Postal Employees in its Federal Executive meeting held on 14 th August, 2002 decided to apply for Recognition of the Federation with all unions including ED Unions .The NFPE has submitted application on 22nd August,2002. There was no response from the Govt. When queries were made in this regard it was revealed that the verification of membership results held in November, 2000 could not be announced due to the Stay Order granted by the Hon'ble Chennai High Court on a petition filed by the BPEF. The NFPE then decided to implead in the court case pending since 2000. The Hon'ble High Court of Chennai vacated the stay order on announcement of verification results during April, 2006. Accordingly The Department of Posts ordered recognitions of unions secured eligible membership on 30th June, 2006 . All our affiliates secured status of first Unions in the Department of Posts. Thereafter the Department of Posts had asked to submit the application for recognition of Federations with recognition under CCS(RSA) Rules -1993. The NFPE had submitted application for recognition of the Federation to the Department of Posts on 26th June, 2006 federating all unions including ED Union.

The Department of Posts vide letter No 6-2/2002-SR ( Vol.II) dated 13th July, 2006, after scrutiny of the application intimated that the ED Union can not be allowed to federate with the Federations as they are not regular / full time Central Govt. Employees, according to DOP&T. On receipt of this communication from the Govt. all General Secretaries including ED Union met Secretary (Posts) on 20th July, 2006 and requested for an appropriate action for affiliation of ED Union. The NFPE also taken up with the Hon'ble Minister (C) for appropriate action at his level vide its No. PF-124/2006 dated 7th August, 2006.

Recognition of Federation was one of the items in the Charter of Demands, for which indefinite strike notice was served to the Department w.e.f. 24th April, 2007 . The Department of Posts communicated the NFPE the item wise position of the strike charter vide letter No 8-1/ 2007(SR) Pt. of dated 22-2-07 in which it was stated that on the initiative of the ED Union Shri Gurudas Dasgupta, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) wrote to the DOP&T for affiliation of unions representing Gramin Dak Sewaks with the Federation which is not in line with the policy of the Government.

The DOP&T vide No. 2/5/2006-JCA dated 19th April, 2007 ordered that All India Postal Extra Departmental Employees Union included as one of the affiliates of the Federation by the NFPE is not eligible for affiliation and the same will not be treated as Federated with the NFPE. The proposal of the Federation to federate All India Postal Accts. Employees Association has been approved. The DOP&T and the Dept. of Posts vide DG (Posts) No. 6-2/2002-SR(V0l-II) Dated 24-4-07 has asked the Federation to modify the constitutional provisions of NFPE as per the observations made by them in their letters referred above. The NFPE had replied to the Dept. of Posts for granting recognition of Federation with all relevant documents required to be submitted to the Department from the Unions recognized under CCS (RSA) Rules-1993.

All Unions are of the firm view to obtain recognition to the Federation. Accordingly Federal Secretariat meeting was held on 30th April 2007 . Available office bearers and General Secretaries were present in the meeting. Com. S.S. Mahadevaiah GS, ED union demanded not to seek recognition to NFPE without ED union. All other leaders present expressed their desire to get the recognition first and then continue effects for inclusion of GDS in the Federation. The Secretary General has conveyed in the meeting that the NFPE will continue its effects as before for settlement of their legitimate demands and they will remain as part of the postal fraternity. The NFPE only had all along struggled for the cause of GDS and will continue to be an umbrella organisation for safeguarding the interest of entirety of Postal Workers including GDS.

The NFPE has neither eliminated nor expelled E.D. Union from the Federation at any point of time. Despite our best efforts we could not concede the demand for affiliation of ED Union due to the existing Policy, rules and instructions of the Govt. on recognition of Unions and Federations in the Central Govt. departments including Dept. of Posts. However, we will continue our sincere and serious efforts for inclusion of GDS Union under the banner of NFPE.

Federations in the Dept. of Posts were unrecognized since 1995. Negotiating forums at all levels were not available till now. JCA Regional Councils, Departmental Council, National Council, Periodical Meetings etc are totally paralyzed. We managed with limited facilities all these years. Recognition of the Federation will only strengthen the movement further. It will also facilitate improvement in the long pending burning issues of GDS employees. False propaganda unleashed by ED union CHQ and same vested interests against seeking recognition of the Federation is not in the interest of the Postal Workers including GDS.

In view of the details dwelt in the above paras we call up on all Circle/ Division/ Branch Secretaries to hold General body meetings and explain the reality and unify the entirely of Postal Employees to resist the onslaughts and achieve the legitimate demands of postal workers.

All officials elected in the Federal Council session held during November 2004 at Thiruvananthapuram [Kerala] as office bearers, and subsequently retired from service, and GDS officials elected as office bearers will cease to be office bearers of the Federation on recognition of National Federation of Postal Employees.

All General Secretaries and Circle Secretaries are requested to circulate this circular to all Divisions and Branch Unions and direct them to hold general body meetings and report the whole developments to all postal workers.

Let us unite and march ahead.

With fraternal greetings.

Yours Comradely,

(C.C. Pillai)

Secretary General

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Dear Comrades the following is the resolution adopted in the National Executive of Confederation held at New Delhi on 5.6.2007. The Circular issued by the Confederation is also available at the end of the resolution:

Resolution adopted at the National Executive Committee Meeting of the Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers on 05.06.2007

This meting of the national Executive of the Confederation held on 05.06.2007 in New Delhi take a serious note of the fact that no action has been taken by the Govt. despite notice given by the Confederation to the Cabinet Secretary on 20.04.2007 to settle the following demands :-

1. Grant of Interim Relief of Rs.1000/-

The Central Government employees were entitled to have the wage revision as on 01-01-2006. As per the 5th CPC recommendations, the Government ought to have set up the 6th CPC in April, 2003 itself. The notification setting up the Commission was issued in October, 2006 and even according to the terms of references; the Commission is expected to take 18 months to formulate its views. Therefore, the report of the Commission is not expected before 31-03-2008. If one is to go with the past experience, the submission of the report is bound to be delayed further.

The Government had granted Interim Relief prior to the setting up of the 4th and 5th CPC. Because there had been an unavoidable delay in the submission of the report, both the 4th and 5th CPC granted second and third interim relief.

The demand of the employees to grant Interim Relief was not conceded by the Government while setting up the 6th CPC and no reason whatsoever was advanced for such denial.

During the discussions, with the Finance Secretary before the notification was issued, the staff side was categorically assured that the Pay Commission would be specifically asked to submit a report within a specified time frame on Interim Relief. However, the notification has only asked the Commission to look into the feasibility and desirability of an Interim Relief. The 6th CPC has categorically conveyed that they had no intention of suggesting any I.R to the Central Govt. employees on the specious plea that such infusion of money would further stoke the inflation. In the circumstance, the Govt. should come forward to grant Interim Relief @ 15 % of the emoluments, subject to a minimum of Rs.1000/-

2. Date of effect of the 6th CPC to be 01-01-2006

The 5th CPC made a specific recommendation to the effect that the periodicity of wage revision in the case of Civil servants should be decennial. This suggestion was made as an alternative; to the setting up of a permanent wage review Committee. In the case of Public Sector Undertakings, the wage agreement indicates the date of next wage revision. Therefore, as and when the wage revision takes place, the same is made effective retrospectively. In the case of civil servants, the date of effect of the revised wages is arbitrarily decided by the Commission. We expected the Government to mandate the Commission with the stipulation that the date of effect must be 01-01-2006. By asking them to suggest the effective date of their recommendations, the Government has sought to unsettle a settled issue. The Government should announce that the date of effect of wage revision would be 01-01-2006.

The Grameen Dak Sewaks are part time employees engaged by the Postal Department. Most of them are engaged for full time work and are exploited. They do not get full salary and allowances and are also denied pension on par with the regular employees in the Postal Department.. The Supreme Court has declared them to be holders of Civil post for the purpose of Article 311 of the Constitution. In December, 1993 the Postal Department through a written agreement categorically assured the employees that the Committee to go into the issue of wage revision of GDS would not be headed by a serving or retired Postal Officer. Accordingly, they set up a judicial Committee under the Chairmanship of Justice Charanjit Singh Talwar. Our plea before the Government was to include the Grameen Dak Sevaks within the ambit of the 6th CPC. This was however, not agreed to. An understanding was reached that the Government would set up a judicial committee to consider the issue pertaining to Grameen Dak Sevaks immediately after the setting up of the 6th CPC. It is now more than months and the Government has not honored its commitment. The Postal Department going back on their assurance made in 1993 has decided to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of a retired Postal Officer.

In the recent negotiations, the Postal Federations had in the wake of an indefinite strike action, the Postal department has agreed to take orders from the Govt. to refer the wage revision of Gramin Dak Sewaks to the 6th CPC in effect conceding the demand raised by the ab-initio. However, no order has been issued so far. The Govt. must take immediate steps to honour the agreement.

4. Ending discrimination in the matter of compassionate appointments

At the discussions, the Staff side representatives had with the Govt. in January 2003 to explore the possibilities of bringing about a negotiated settlement on the 20 point charter of demand, the Cabinet Secretary indicated that the discrimination in the matter of compassionate appointment between the Railway workers and the other civilian employees of the Government of India, being unjust would be removed. Thereafter, on quite a number of occasions, the issue had been discussed with the Secretary (Personnel) and at the instance of the Cabinet Secretary with the then Finance Secretary, prior to the National Council meeting held in October, 2006. The Department of Personnel has not so far taken any steps to mitigate the problem and end the unjust discrimination. There are thousands of poor applicants waiting for appointment who are in a highly distressed circumstance. The 5% ceiling instituted by the Department of personnel since 1998 has no legal basis and inoperable administratively. The Department of Personnel should withdraw the instructions issued by them instituting a 5% cap on compassionate appointments and advise the administrative departments to appoint the deserving candidates immediately.

5. (a) Scrap the order of abolition of post, stop downsizing, privatization and contractization.

In may 2001, the Government issued instructions withdrawing the authority from the concerned Heads of Department to fill up the vacant posts through recruitment and assigning the same to a Screening Committee. As per the stipulation the said screening committee is entitled to authorize filling up only 1/3rd of the direct recruit vacancies ( subject to a maximum of 1 % of the sanctioned posts), the rest 2/3rdbeing abolished permanently. The intention of the order was to reduce the existing manpower drastically. No post was allowed to be created even for justified functional requirement. Not only it killed the job opportunities for thousands of unemployed youth in the country, but also in the process crippled the functioning of the Departments raising the burden of workload on employees. Even though the said instruction was prima facie applicable to all cadres, categories and groups of civil servants, the Group A Cadres has invariably been excluded by almost all the Departmental Heads. In other words, the abolition of posts had only been in Group C and Group D Cadre only.

Having given a choice, the Heads of Departments have invariably abolished almost all Gr. D. Posts. Since the Posts are abolished, neither the employees who are in temporary status could be regularized, nor the application of the family members of those Gr. D. Employees who died in harness could be considered for appointment.

It had been repeatedly asserted by the official side on many occasions that the above cited order is meant to be effective only for a limited period of 5 years and the recruitments to fill up the vacancies might commence from the Recruitment years 2006-07 onwards. It is, therefore, surprising to note that the Government has decided to extend the operation of the instruction for another 3 years on the specious plea that the 6th CPC has been set up. It is incomprehensive as to why the stipulation for 3 years had been made while the 6th CPC has been mandated to submit its report within 18 months.

The Department of Personnel must withdraw the instructions extending its operation for another 3 years and allow all Departments to fill up the existing vacancies.

(b) Stop Downsizing, Privatization and Contractorisation

The Government have been implementing the recommendations of the expenditure Reforms Commission for quite some time now without explaining the justification for these recommendations and without any negotiations with the Employees organizations. The result is that in some Departments like Geological Survey of India drastic curtailment of staff strength is taking place,; in postal Departments recourse has been made to outsource the postal functions by franchising the post offices; major functions in Income tax Department like allotment of PAN/TAN, challan processing , processing of returns and all care taker functions are outsourced or contemplated to be outsourced; almost entire Department of Development Commissioner of Iron and Steel had been shut down and employees declared surplus and re-deployed elsewhere; Text book printing presses were shut down, in Audit Department where there are 15000 vacancies against the total strength of about 50000, a new method of selective audit is being resorted to in the name of Audit Planning. The very audit norms has been diluted. Some of the Audit functions are being entrusted to Private parties.. In the name of non core functions entire Gr.D staff is being replaced by men supplied through Contractors. In all these exercises it is only the Group C & D staff who are thrown out. On the other hand there is an increase in the Group A posts. In some offices in order to create more Gr. A posts, Group C posts are being curtailed by way of maching contribution. Almost in all the Departments and Ministries such exercise have been implemented or contemplated to be implemented. The implementation of these downsizing devices privatization, outsourcing, contractorization etc. must be stopped.

6. Withdrawal of the new Pension Scheme.

The Pension system for the Government Employees was evolved as a social security Scheme decades back. Under this system the employer was expected to set apart a certain percentage of employees" wages under a fund. The Government scrapped this system in respect of employees who entered service on or after 1-1-2004. There is no law or rules under which such a step could be taken by them and as such this was an illegal measure. Under the new system the Government Employee is required to contribute 10 % of his pay plus DA and the Government also contributes the matching amount. The fund created during the entire tenure of the Service will be invested in the market through private promoters. It is a defined contributory pension scheme, for those who entered service after 1-1-2004 while entire personnel recruited prior to the cut off date would continue to be governed by a defined benefit scheme of Pension under the CCS ( Pension ) Rules. This is a gross discrimination and illegal measure too. The Committee set up by the Government to recommend Pension Reforms had in fact suggested a hybrid system, where both the defined benefit and contributory system would co-exist. Since, under the new scheme, pension is depended on the vagaries of market, it is not at all acceptable. In any case there is no justification for recovering a contribution from the employees who entered service on or after 1-1-2004 as their wage structure is what was recommended by the 5th Pay Commission on the premise that the pension was the liability of the Government. The Govt. is aware that the Contemplated change in the pension scheme requires Parliamentary Sanction. That was why PFRDA Bill was introduced in the Parliament. Thanks to the principled position taken by the left parties, the Bill has not yet been passed, whereas the Govt. has gone ahead with its implementation through executive fiats: 5% of the accumulated contribution has already been diverted for stock exchange operation. Fund managers have been appointed. The sovereign authority of the Parliament has been allowed to be eroded. The Govt. must stop these mechinations and scrap the New Contributory Pension Scheme and refund the funds collected from the employees recruited after 01.01.2004

7. Regularize the casual/contingent/daily rated workers

On the basis of the discussion, the staff side had in the National Council, the Government introduced a scheme for regularization of casual/contingent/daily rated employees as a one time measure, by virtue of which all those who were in the Rolls as on September,1993 were absorbed and regularized. The Department of Personnel issued instructions to all Departments banning recruitment on casual/contingent basis. However this instruction was constantly flouted, mostly due to the ever-increasing workload and insufficiency of men-in-position. The ban on recruitment, the instructions to implement austerity measures and the abolition of posts carried out in the last 5 years all accentuated the problem. Presently in the most of the Departments, the number of casual/contingent/daily rated workers has phenomenally increased and these employees are not paid the requisite wages. This is nothing but exploitation taking advantage of the acute unemployment situation in the country. The stipulation that if one has been in continuous employment for more than 206 days in a year is entitled for regularization has to be adhered to and abided. The Govt. should immediately issue instruction for regularization of the daily rated/casual/contingent paid workers.

8. No replacement of CGHS by Medicare Insurance

The Government had been contemplating to replace the existing CGHS with Medicare insurance plan. With all the deficiencies, CGHS is considered by both the serving employees and pensioners as the best Medicare system in the country. In the case of Pensioners especially, it is a great relief when they are afflicted with serious illness due to old age. The Insurance scheme can never be a substitute to the present Medicare system, even if the premium for such insurance scheme is borne by the employer. The Government cannot withdraw itself from its primary responsibility of providing Medicare to its present and past employees on the plea of financial stringency. This apart it is also necessary to consider the security of livelihood of the persons employed by the CGHS whose number is sizable. The Government should abandon the idea of replacing CGHS with Medicare Insurance and evolve instead methodologies to strengthen and expand the CGHS.

9. Implementation of the Awards of the Board of Arbitration

Under the JCM scheme, any issue, which is not settled through discussions at the National/Departmental council, is referred to the Board of Arbitration, specifically set up for the purpose. The decision of the Arbitrator is bound to be accepted by both the side i.e. staff side and the Govt. The Govt. is entitled to approach the Parliament for rejection /modification on the following two grounds only i.e.

a) the implementation of the award will adversely affect the national economy b) it affects the social justice.

The prescribed time limit for getting the Parliamentary sanction for rejection of an award is six months. While the request to Parliamentary sanction had been few and few between in the 1960s, 70s and even in the earlier part of 80s, the Govt. began to approach the Parliament as a matter of routine to reject invariably all awards given in favour of the employees. Neither the time limit of six months was adhered to nor was it explained as to how the implementation of these awards would have affected the National economy or the Social justice.

Being one of the charter of demands, the settlement for which the JCA of organizations participating in the JCM threatened to go on strike from 01.03.2006, it was decided that the Govt. would look into the matter afresh and settled the same through mutual discussions. Accordingly 16 such awards were identified for further discussion and settlement. The process of consultation was scheduled to be completed by end of June, 2006. On none of the issues, settlement has been brought about so far, despite the lapse of more than a year. The Govt. is morally and legally bound to implement these awards.

10. To remove the quantum ceiling on Bonus:

Presently a quantum ceiling of Rs.2,500/- operate on Bonus payment. Whatever is the pay of an employees he/she is entitled to Bonus computed on the notional salary limit of Rs.2,500/-. The said limit was stipulated nearly two decades back. The abysmally low ceiling limit was not removed or raised despite demand to that effect raised on several occasions. This gross injustices is perpetuated to deny the workers their legitimated duea. The Govt. should bring in an amendment to Bonus Act to remove the quantum ceiling and order payment of Bonus on the basis of one's actual salary/emoluments.

The meeting taking into account the total nugatory attitude of the Govt. decided that the Central Govt. employees have to manifest their extreme discontent over the indifferent attitude of the Govt. to settle these demands by organizing a day long strike sometime in August, 2007 and also to give serious warning thereby to the Govt. that incase these demands are not satisfactorily settled within a reasonable time, they will be compelled to go on indefinite strike.

Please find the latest circular released by the Confederation Secretary General Comrade K.K.N.Kutty on the decisions of the National Executive held at New Delhi on 5.6.2007:

CONFEDERATION OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND WORKERS

Manishinath Bhawan, A.2/95 Rajouri Garden, New Delhi. 110 027

Phone: (011) 2510 5324 Fax No (011) 25105324

Mobile:98110 48303

No. D/11/06/2007

Dated 7.06.2006

Dear Comrade,

The National Executive of the Confederation met at New Delhi on 05.06.2007 at Manishinath Bhawan. The decision taken on various agenda items slated for discussions are as under:-

Agenda item No. 1 & 2

Review of decisions taken at the last meeting of the National Executive held on 06.02.2007.

(a) Observance of demands day on 14.03.2007 and 20.03.2007.

It was noticed that quite a number of affiliates had not submitted the sectional charter of demands. They are requested to submit the same to the respective HOD and endorse copy thereof to Confederation without any further delay.

(b) Solidarity action in supporting the struggle of GSI/IBM employees

The programme had been carried out successfully by all COCs.

(c) Action against PFRDA Bill

The Raj Bhawan march had been organized by most of the COCs. At Delhi a massive dharna was held under the joint banner of Confederation/AISGEF.

It was stated by the Secretary General that reporting for CoCs and affiliates of the manner in which the programmes are carried out, which had registered a discernible improvement at the end of 2006, has again been slipped back. There had been very few written reports from the affiliates and the CoCs of the programmes carried out in March, 2007. The meeting decided to appeal the State CoCs and affiliates to provide the CHQ with a report of the extent of participation in the programmes of action.

Agenda item No. 3

Reporting of discussions the staff side had with the 6th CPC;

Com. Secretary General stated that on 20th April, 2007 itself the Confederation had circulated a brief resume of the discussion, the staff side had with the CPC. That was a factual presentation of the events as it took place from 16th to 18th April, 2007. The Confederation had not made any comments on those events, as it was thought that the fact as it is should reach the members.

Thereafter, Com. S.K. Vyas, President presented to the house, the impressions gained by the representatives of the Confederation i.e. he himself and the Secretary General who were members of the staff side delegation. He said that in spite of the positive response of the Commission to the formulation on Minimum Wage allowances, Pension etc, the same should not be taken on the face value or should it be considered as an indication of things to materialize. He added that it should only be taken as a free expression and exchange of ideas and must be construed as a cover up to circumvent the others in untenable position taken by the Commission on the question of Interim Relief. The setting up a the three study groups with an elaborate terms of reference on vital questions affecting the service conditions of the Central govt. employees is indicative of the direction with which the CPC would look at matters. The reluctance of the Govt. to set up the CPC was reflective of its eagerness to suppress the wages of the Central Govt. employees and on that pretext of the PSU workers too. He also stated that the representatives of the Confederation prior to the discussion with the CPC and thereafter too tried to have a JCA meeting of all constituents of the JCM to review and take necessary decision to bring up a common resistance movement., which could not unfortunately fructify.

Com. Secretary General, said that having failed to enlist the co-operation of all concerned for a common movement to realize the demand of I.R, the Confederation ought to have met earlier than 5th June, 2007, but could not do so in view of the impending struggle of Postal workers, which was to commence from 24th May, 2007 onwards.

In so far as the allegation leveled by the AP CoC in their written communication placed at the N.E meeting. Com Vyas refuted it by stating that the staff side had neither diluted the demand for I.R nor had its submission been hollow. According to him the case of the CGEs, as is articulated in the memorandum had been admirably presented by the staff side and had substantiated every of its contention with facts, figures, precedence and comparison. He said that the AP State committee's observation in the matter was unfortunate and inexplicable in the absence of any details as to what further should have been presented. In the light of the decision taken at the last meeting he opined that the NE should discuss as to the course of action, the Confederation to pursue in realization of the charter of demands.

Agenda item No.4 & 5

Com. Secretary General informed the house that a meeting of the CoC Secretaries was convened on 10.04.2007 at Nagpur and for the eastern zone at Kolkata on 25.05.2007. Very few Secretaries participated in the meeting. The formation of the State CoCs in all states other than the following was stated to be progressing well:

a) Western U.P b) Punjub, Haryana & J & K

c) Bihar d) Orissa

The following N.E members were requested to interact with the respective comrades in setting up the State CoCs

Bihar - Com C.C Pillai

Western UP - Com. K.K.N. Kutty and Com Deshraj Sharma

Punjub, Haryana & J & K - Com. S.K. Vyas and Com. K. V. Shreedharan

Orissa - Com. M.S. Raja

(b) Meeting of the Central executives of Kolkata based unions/association

A meeting of the Kolkata based affiliates was convened on 25.05.2007. Out of 18 affiliates 16 participated. Various issues were discussed. It was decided that Com. Gautam Pramanik, Organising Secretary of the confederation would make periodical interaction with these organisations. It was decided that Com. Gautam Pramanik will arrange similar meetings prior to and after every N.E. meeting to have proper interaction.

Agenda item No. 7

a) Amendment to the Charter of Demand :

The meeting decided to add the following two issues and make it a 10 point charter of demands.

Points No. 9 : Implement all arbitration awards immediately.

Point No. 10 : Remove the quantum ceiling of Rs.2500/- and pay

bonus on the basis of actual pay drawn.

b) Future course of action

The house decided that the 10 point of demands should be pursued through struggles and the first phase of action should culminate in a days strike in the first week of August, 2007. The Secretary General will write to all organizations to explore the possibilities of organizing a joint action of one day strike in the first week of August, 2007. The date will be fixed after such consultation and mutual agreement. The resolution adopted by the house in this regard is enclosed. The CHQ will intimate the date of strike after such consultations. All affiliates must send a list of sectional demands which they would like to include in the charter of demands, while submitting the Strike Notice.

The house also decided to observe 28th June, 2007 a "STRUGGLE COMMENCEMENT DAY" by organizing lunch recess demonstration/dharna etc. to explain the demands to the mass of the employees. At Delhi efforts will be taken by the state CoC in association with Central Secretariat Non-Gazetted employees Association so as to hold a day long dharna before the North Block where the Ministry of Finance is located.

Agenda item No.6

Com. C.C. Pillai explained the various aspects of the negotiations, the Postal Federations had between them and the Postal Department in settlement of the charter of demands and the decision to suspend the indefinite Strike programme .

Agenda item No 8:

Any other matter with the permission of chair:

1. The house discussed at length the various problems faced by the affiliates in getting recognition from the Govt. under CCS(RSA) Rules. It was decided that the CHQ on going through the letters received by it will prepare a comprehensive Note for submission to the DOPT. The affiliates may send in their communications, if not already done, in this regard by 15.06.2007.

2. Com. M.S. Raja will collect the requisite information of autonomous organizations as was decided at the last meeting.

3. The CoCs expedite formation of daily rated/Casual Workers as per last N.E. decisions.